tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post3448514218618156926..comments2016-11-30T11:45:25.920+00:00Comments on The Family Recorder: Dr Tanner's Index of DiseasesAudrey Collinshttps://plus.google.com/108856393551385383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-59385018705784960902011-04-14T12:23:21.183+01:002011-04-14T12:23:21.183+01:00Glad you like the Malvern advert - which is a bit ...Glad you like the Malvern advert - which is a bit of a cheat. Dr Tanner has no illustrations, so I found an illustration of one of the places he mentioned in, of all things, Black&#39;s Guide to Scotland 1877. <br /><br />Dr Tanner&#39;s full description of Malvern reads:<br /><br />&#39;Perhaps there are few more healthy and pleasant spots in the kingdom for a summer residence than this. Built on the declivity of the Malvern hills, situated 8 miles SSW of Worcester, the scenery is all that can delight the convalescent, or the man who is broken down from over-work. The air is pure and invigorating; and is well-adapted for bracing the system of such invalids as can bear an elevated site.<br /><br />There are two springs in the neighbourhood which may be frequented for amusement. But the waters of St Anne&#39;s Well and of the Holy Well are only pure and soft; the very small quantities of muriate of lime, sulphate of soda, and carbonate of lime which they contain, being useless from a medical point of view&#39;<br /><br />Not quite what you find in your average tourist guide!Audrey Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17109060807297085410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4518232392780308567.post-3936044373256971942011-04-14T08:57:20.289+01:002011-04-14T08:57:20.289+01:00Interested to see the advert for The Imperial Hote...Interested to see the advert for The Imperial Hotel, Malvern as I grew up in Malvern. The &#39;covered way&#39; from the railway station to the hotel still exists although now rather derelict (and I think closed off). In 1893 The Imperial Hotel became the Malvern Girls&#39; College, and is now Malvern St James School. Some artistic licence used in the illustration though as the building doesn&#39;t actually face that way!<br /><br />KirstyThe Professional Descendanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558508787388848119noreply@blogger.com